Forever Hip: A New Book on Canada’s Fave Rock Band Makes a Great Gift

What It Is: The Tragically Hip is as Canadian as Canada gets, really. And when frontman Gord Downie announced his terminal cancer diagnosis, hundreds of thousands of Canadians scrambled to get tickets to the band’s final run of shows, followed by 11.7 million of them tuning it to watch the group’s finale performance in Ottawa. The curious thing? The Hip have never had huge awareness outside of their true north strong and free. Until now. Pop journalist Mark Shapiro has written the first American book about one of Canada’s most endearing rock legends, exploring their three-decade career, from humble roots in Kingston to becoming pure rock royalty. Not only does the book give you a deep look at the band’s wild success in Canada, it also touches on their sojourns outside the nation – including an impressive run as an opening act for the likes of The Rolling Stone and The Who. It’s a wonderful gift for any fan of the spotlight-eschewing band!

Where It’s At: Buy it wherever books are sold, including places like Amazon.

Want to win a copy of this riveting read? Here’s how to enter for your chance:

1) First & foremost: you must bea subscriber to the Canadian Gift Guide to enter this giveaway. It’s as simple as finding ‘The Gift of Gab’ box in the righthand column and dropping in your email or clicking follow. Then leave me a comment below by June 20, 2017 telling me who in your life would love to read this book.

2) Entries are limited to one per person / per email address / per household (or more if you score bonus entries). A random draw will be conducted on or around June 21, 2017 to select the winner, who will have 48 hours to respond before another winner is chosen in their place.

3) Entries are limited to Canadians that have reached the age of majority in their province. Quebec is not eligible for this promotion.

4) BONUS: Earn a bonus entry by following Riverdale Avenue Books(the publisher) on Twitter and Tweeting about the book / giveaway, tagging them + me (@cdngiftguide). Link back to your Tweet in a separate comment below.